Following the first back-to-back losses of his career, Jeremy Stephens (15-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) will look to right the ship when he meets UFC newcomer and fellow lightweight Ronny Torres (14-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 19.

A source close to one of the fighters today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) the bout is in the process on being finalized.

UFC Fight Night 19 takes place Sept. 16 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City and airs on Spike TV.

After winning four of five fights (which included a 3-1 mark in the UFC and a TKO victory over notable Cole Miller), Stephens headlined his first UFC card when he met Joe Lauzon in the main event of UFC Fight Night 17 back in February. However, Stephens, a replacement for his training partner Hermes Franca, suffered a second-round submission loss in the nationally televised event.

Fighting fewer than two months later, he then suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Gleison Tibau (a late replacement for Efrain Escudero) in the next UFC Fight Night installment.

The 23-year-old Iowan now takes on Torres, a Nova Uniao fighter who enters the octagon with an eight-fight winning streak. A veteran of the Brazil-base Jungle Fight promotion, Torres owns 12 stoppages in his 14 career victories, all of which have come in the past three years.

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